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"On average, people are idiots."

I thought we were going reasonably well on the whole "we're not going to discriminate because of nationality" thing, until I was shown a few news articles earlier:

http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/ stories/news-200517820030226-080202.html

'In a move that may anger some Francophiles or menu writers, a Palm Beach County commissioner has requested a resolution that would change the name of the American food staple known as "french fries." '

They want to call them "freedom fries" - taking that propaganda drive just a little closer to home.

and

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/ sm_754383.html?menu=news.quirkies

"A Danish pizzeria has banned French and Germans from dining there because of their country's stance on a war with Iraq."

I think that speaks for itself.

Noo, it's so with the same potatoes you get a larger surface are for the fat to fry into them.

Mmmm, deep-fry goo

*shudders*

That's because they're not American. If they were American fries, they'd be the size of a roughly skinned baking potato.

There's no "on average" about it.

Something I just wondered, why are "french fries" so thin? Americans usually go for big and fat. Take their cars, or the rest of their meals. Huge. Yet fries are skinny.

"...and a large freedom fries..."

Freedom Bulldog

The problem is, the vast majority of non-political people are pointedly incapable of digesting political information, and should be banned from seeing any politically slanted information of any kind whatsoever.

Otherwise, they misinterpret the information they are given, come to unwarranted conclusions and undertake poorly considered actions.

I think you're being too kind. On average people are murderous bigots on whom life is wasted.

I thought we were going reasonably well on the whole "we're not going to discriminate because of nationality" thing, until I was shown a few news articles earlier:

http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/ stories/news-200517820030226-080202.html

'In a move that may anger some Francophiles or menu writers, a Palm Beach County commissioner has requested a resolution that would change the name of the American food staple known as "french fries." '

They want to call them "freedom fries" - taking that propaganda drive just a little closer to home.

and

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/ sm_754383.html?menu=news.quirkies

"A Danish pizzeria has banned French and Germans from dining there because of their country's stance on a war with Iraq."

I think that speaks for itself.